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Jon McBride's avatar

I believe if you click the link and are in the soundslice portal, you have an option in the lower right to transpose it. That's what I do to see it in Bb

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Jon McBride's avatar

But if that doesn't work I'm happy to send you a pdf

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Dan McBride's avatar

I heard it first in the Odetta version, but my strongest memory of the song comes from the Doc Watson version.

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Jon McBride's avatar

I found a great live version of Doc and Merle playing it. They talk about the influence of Mississippi John Hurt. They "pick it pretty" for sure!

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Michael Santosusso's avatar

Thanks for the wonderful history of this song which until a few minutes ago I have known only as a bluegrass song.

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Jon McBride's avatar

It's got a few different lives. There are some versions on YouTube of Doc and Merle that crush too.

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gary's avatar

this was a great read and listen, thanks, keep it coming!

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Clyde Stats's avatar

Thanks for this! Love Evan and David T.’s version of this! I might learn your transcription as an arco etude.

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Jon McBride's avatar

That will sound awesome! Evan is one of my favorite contemporary early jazz players--and David sounds fantastic playing all styles. I'm really impressed with SoundSlice. I did the transcription in Finale, but exported an .mxl file. It's easy to import it, add a YouTube link (or sound file) and then sync by tapping on downbeats as the file plays.

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Clyde Stats's avatar

How hard would it be to transpose it into bass clef?

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